Skipping Stones Tip/Technique Hop

Hi there!  Welcome to the monthly Skipping Stones Design Team Tip/Technique Blog Hop.  You should have arrived here from Ilina's blog.

For my card today I used the ever popular "smooshing" technique.  If you're like me and are not very confident at using watercolors then this technique is perfect for you.  There are lots of great "how to" videos but two of my favourites are this one from Laura Bassen and this one from Lindsay Amrhein.  For my card I put a couple of drops from my Peacock Feathers reinker onto a piece of acetate, spritzed it with some water and smooshed it onto the corner of my die cut watercolor paper.  I love that fact that you can create multiple cards with this technique and all the backgrounds will be slightly different depending on how the ink smooshes   

The butterfly from Breathtaking Butterflies is stamped onto some orange Bo Bunny paper and then fussy cut and popped up on foam tape.  The sentiment is taken from Heartsong 2. I added black gems to the body of the butterfly to make is pop a bit more and scattered some clear gems around it.

Okay, time to get hopping.  You should now be heading on to Kandi's blog.  If you get lost just head back to the Skipping Stones Design Blog to start or see the list below.  Be sure and leave comments along the way for the chance to be entered in the giveaway!  Also check out all the awesome stamp sets in the 
Skipping Stones store!

The Skipping Stones Design Blog
Coralynn
Ilina
Jen  <--- You are here!
Kandi
Larissa
Martha Lucia
Stephanie
Tanja
Teresa

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Barefoot Laid Back 12x12) Bo Bunny

Stamps:  (Butterfly from Breathtaking Butterflies, Sentiment from Heartsong 2) Skipping Stones Design

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Peacock Feathers Distress Ink) Ranger

Die:  (Stitched Rectangle) Avery Elle

Gems:  Recollections